A 400 strong team is developing the vehicle on Dyson’s Campus at Hullavington Airfield, UK.

A purpose-built production manufacturing facility in Singapore is
confirmed and due for completion in 2020.

Today, Dyson confirmed that its Board has ratified a decision to
construct its first advanced automotive manufacturing facility in Singapore.
The bespoke two-storey manufacturing facility is scheduled for completion in
2020.

The project demonstrates the international
nature of Dyson’s operations. Earlier this year Dyson announced it was in the
process of investing £200m in new buildings and testing facilities at its
campus at Hullavington Airfield,
UK. It
continues its £2.5bn investment in new technology globally.

Writing to Dyson staff, Jim Rowan, CEO of Dyson
said,Dyson’s growing automotive team is making excellent progress from the
state-of-the-art hangars at Hullavington Airfield in Wiltshire where we are
investing £200m. Clearly we now need to move quickly towards manufacturing and
assembly.

The decision of where to make our car is
complex, based on supply chains, access to markets, and the availability of the
expertise that will help us achieve our ambitions. I am delighted to let you
know that the Dyson Board has now decided that our first automotive
manufacturing facility will be in Singapore. We will begin
construction in December and it will be completed in 2020, meeting our project
timeline.

Our
existing footprint and team in Singapore,
combined with the nation’s significant advanced manufacturing expertise, made
it a frontrunner. Singapore
also offers access to high-growth markets as well as an extensive supply chain
and a highly skilled workforce. Singapore has a comparatively high
cost base, but also great technology expertise and focus. It is therefore
the right place to make high quality technology loaded machines, and the right
place to make our electric vehicle.

Dyson’s history in Singapore began 11 years ago with a
small engineering team developing our high speed, digital, electric motors. We
have grown significantly since then, we now employ 1,100 people, and have made
over fifty million high-speed Dyson
Digital Motors in Singapore.

Our RDD teams at both the Singapore Technology Centre and the Advanced
Manufacturing Centre have developed world-leading knowledge and represent Dyson
at its best. Singapore is central to our future and we expect to more than
double our team there.

Dyson
is truly global in its development, delivery and realisation of technology.
This decision is good news for the exceptional teams we have in both the UK and Singapore. It is a fast-moving,
exciting, and pivotal project for Dyson; thank you for all you are doing to
help us realise our ambitions.

Jim..

Dyson
in the UK

Total UK headcount has increased 2.5
times over the last five years to 4,800. The iconic former Ministry of Defence
airfield at Hullavington already employs a team of 400 and represents a
£200m expansion.

The
Campus at Hullavington is located close to Dyson’s Malmesbury campus
where Dyson employs over 4,000 Dyson people, including the Dyson Institute
of Engineering and Technology. Through The Dyson Institute, Dyson is making a
£31m investment into higher education to help overcome the shortage of
engineers in the UK.
The four year degree programme, free of tuition fees, covers the fundamentals
of engineering in years one and two. It delivers electronics and mechanical
engineering content in years three and four – all alongside a paid job as part
of Dyson’s research and development team, working on real products, with
leading engineers and scientists.

Dyson
in Singapore

Dyson
currently employs 1,100 people in Singapore
across its new Singapore Technology Centre
at Science Park One and its Advanced Manufacturing Centre at WestPark
where it manufactures 21m motors a year on autonomous production lines. Dyson
draws on Singapore’s
pool of highly skilled engineers and scientists, developing Dyson’s latest
technologies as well as core robotic and software expertise.

The production manufacturing facility will
build on Dyson’s existing advanced motor and battery expertise in Singapore and
draw on the nation’s expertise in Research & Development, advanced
manufacturing, automation and access to supply chains.